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(No Model.)

G. A. ANDERSON. *u PNEUMATIC STACKER. I Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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UNITED STATES i 'l GUSTAF ARVID ANDERSON, OF lVAYNESBOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AS-

SIGNOR TO THE GEISER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,326, dated April 27, 1897.

Original application filed April 20, 1895, Serial No. 546,526. Divided and this application filed October 30, 1896. Serial No. 610,564. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom t may con/ecrit' Be itknown that I, GUs'rAF ARvID ANDER- SON, a subject of the King of Norway and Sweden, residing at Waynesborough, in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Pneumatic Straw-Stackers; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.,

This invention relates to pneumatic strawstackers; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the discharge-pipe and its connections. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 4 t in Fig. 2 and drawn to a larger scale.

The discharge-pipe is preferably formed of two sections, of which the outer section B' slides telescopically over the inner section B.

E is a forked bracket, the lowerparts of which are provided with pins e for pivoting it to the base of the straw-stacker in any approved manner.

E is a socket at the upper part of the bracket E.

F is a support, preferably tubular, which is secured in the socket E' by suitable clamping-bolts and which extends parallel with the inner pipe-section to a point a little beyond its end.A

F is a ring secured `to the lower end portion of the pipe-section B and provided with the socket f, which is clamped to the support F by the bolt f', close in front of the socket E.

G is a ring secured to the lower end portion of the outer pipe-section B and provided with arms g, which extend upwardly around G is a roller journaled between the arms g above the support F, and g' is a roller journaled between the arms g under the support F.

H is a cap clamped to the upper end of the support F by the rbolt h and provided with downwardly-projecting arms h.

H are rollers journaled on pins projecting attached to the upper end portion of the laterally from the arms h', the rollers being arranged between the arms.

l is a plate secured parallel with the outer pi pe-section B' by means of the distance-piece t' and suitable rivets or bolts. The edges of 55 the plate I project over the distance-piece 'L' and engage with the rollers H'.

J isa detlector of any approved construction, such as pivoted articulated segments,

pipe- 6ol section B.

J' is a connection, such as a cord, for bending the delector-pipe. A guide-sheave l0 is journaled on a pin 12, projecting laterally from one side of the cap H. A sheave 14 is 65 supported at the lower end of the dischargepipe and is preferably a chain-sheave. An endless drive chain 15 engages with the sheaves 10 and 14, and the cord J is fastened to theupper part of the chain 15. 7o

For the purpose of telescoping the outer pipe -section B/ an 'endless iiexible connection, such as the drive-chain 16, is provided. The lower part of the chain 16 is passed through the tubular support F, and its ends are carried by the sheaves 17 and 18. The sheave 17 is journaled between the arms 19, projecting from the cap H, and the sheave 18 is secured on the shaft 20, which is journaled in a bracket 21, secured to the lower end of 8o the support F. A hand-wheel 22 is journaled concentric with the shaft 2O for operating the drive-chain 16. The upper part of the chain 16 is connected to the arms g of the ring G on the upper pipe-section.

The two sheaves 14 and 18 are operated by the same hand-wheel 22 and are connected together by clutch mechanism.

Y The shaft 2O has a sleeve 62 secured on it bya pin 63. The sleeve 62 has a flange 64 9o at one ond, and 65 are clutch-jaws projecting from the flange 64. Stops 66 project from the tops of the jaws 65 and have wider spaces between them than the clutch jaws. The hand-wheel is journaled on the sleeve 62, and 95 the chain-sheave 14 for operating the delector-pipe is secured on the hub 67 of the hand-wheel. The hand-Wheel is provided with projecting clutch-jaws 69, arranged in the same plane as the clutch-jaws 65.

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A slidable sleeve 70 is mounted on the end of the shaft 20, and is provided with laterallyprojecting` arms 71, which engage With both the clutclrjaws G5 and G9. A collar 72 is secured on the end of the shaft 20, and 73 is a spring Whichholds the arms 7l in engagement with the clutch-jaws. lVhen th us connected and the hand-wheel is revolved, both chainsheaves are revolved and the discharge-pipe is telescoped without changing the position of the delector, said chain-sheaves being equal in diameter'.

IVhen the position of the detlector requires to be changed, 'the sleeve 70 is pulled forward until the arms 7l are out of engagement with the clutch-jaws 60, and the sleeve is then turned around until the arms come against the stops 66 and rest upon the tops ot the clutch-jaws G5. The hand-wheel can now be used to revolve the ehain-sheave le and adjust the position of the deflector-pipe Without turning the shaft 2O and the chain-sheave 18.

Certain features which are shown and described in this application are not claimed in it, as the said features are fully described and claimed in a separate application iled April 20, 1895, Serial No.. 5445,526, from which. the subject-matter of this application has been divided.

In a strawstacker, the combination, with a telescopic discharge-pipe, and a delector at its outer end; of two slidable connections, one connected to the slidable pipe-section and the other to the deflector; two driving devices for operating` the said connections respectively, and clutch mechanism connecting,` the said driving devices, whereby they may be coupled together or uncoupled, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereotl y I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAF ARVID ANDERSON. Vvvitnesses:

HERBERT IV. T. J ENNEP., DANIEL S. LEARD. 

